The veggie garden is done for 2009. The other day I picked the last of the beans (and what a magnificent crop it was), the peppers, and the lone squash. The tomatoes were history about a month ago. The heirlooms succumbed to the blight--so we didn't get to eat even one of them, but the celebrity tomatoes were magnificent. Oh, they got the blight, too, but they were made of hardier stuff and if you cut out the black bit, were just fine to eat. And of course, Mr. Groundhog completely destroyed the Brussels Sprouts and broccoli, so I won't even go into that heartache (again).
But getting back to the peppers . . . we got one full-sized (and that was on the small side) pepper, which I allowed to fully ripen. It was a beauty and I lovingly tended it for about 6 weeks. One other plant produced a pepper, but it rotted on the stem. Then in September, the second plant suddenly bloomed and the next thing you knew, we had three tiny peppers.
There's the rub--they were TINY peppers. And so was the acorn squash. I got that as a freebie from the local nursery. We bought some annuals and they gave away one free squash plant. Unfortunately, I put the little squash in the driest part of the yard. I faithfully watered it, but the water seemed to flow downhill away from the squash. Still, I got some beautiful glads, so I can't complain too much.
Hubby couldn't get over how darned cute that little squash was. To convey the size, I figured I'd better include something to give it scale. We haven't eaten the squash yet--and I wonder will we get get a teaspoon each--but it is awfully cute, don't you agree?
